Table 3 Stem and leaf anatomical traits of eight olive cultivars.
Genotypes | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | G7 | G8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
STEM | Diameter of | Stem (DS) | 3819.9 ± 0.24B | 4006.3 ± 0.29A | 3769.4 ± 0.29B | 4337.9 ± 0.26A | 3406 ± 0.25B | 4260.5 ± 0.26A | 4656.7 ± 0.27A | 4402.8 ± 0.26A |
Vascular bundles (DVB) | 2515.6 ± 0.12B | 2967.9 ± 0.22B | 2872.3 ± 0.24B | 3010.5 ± 0.25A | 2434.5 ± 0.26B | 2774.1 ± 0.24B | 3486.2 ± 0.26A | 2889.8 ± 0.26B | ||
Pith (DP) | 1374.6 ± 0.08 | 1738.1 ± 0.21 | 1658.8 ± 0.21 | 2341.1 ± 0.24 | 1325.2 ± 0.23 | 1602.8 ± 0.23 | 2400.2 ± 0.24 | 1582.3 ± 0.22 | ||
Thickness of | Cortex (Th.C) | 62.7 ± 0.00B | 36.8 ± 0.00C | 44.6 ± 0.01C | 59.2 ± 0.01B | 57.1 ± 0.00B | 32.9 ± 0.00C | 71 ± 0.00A | 114.5 ± 0.06A | |
Phloem tissue (ThPh) | 105.8 ± 0.65B | 144.7 ± 0.13B | 74.7 ± 0.02C | 167.7 ± 0.05A | 171.9 ± 0.13A | 189.3 ± 0.18A | 125.8 ± 0.22B | 143.1 ± 0.25B | ||
Xylem tissue (XT) | 173.6 ± 0.34B | 263.3 ± 0.22A | 219.7 ± 0.12A | 253.2 ± 0.07A | 215.4 ± 0.23A | 246.4 ± 0.16A | 147.3 ± 0.23B | 161.4 ± 0.16B | ||
LEAF | Thickness of | Lamina (LaT) | 363 ± 0.33A | 296.9 ± 0.34B | 374.9 ± 0.15A | 321.7 ± 0.04A | 328 ± 0.32A | 388.1 ± 0.21A | 340.6 ± 0.16A | 418.8 ± 0.22A |
Palisade tissue (PT) | 115.6 ± 0.21B | 104.4 ± 0.03B | 131.2 ± 0.04B | 97.6 ± 0.01C | 124.8 ± 0.22B | 126.9 ± 0.12B | 125.6 ± 0.10B | 177.4 ± 0.11A | ||
Spongy tissue (ST) | 247.5 ± 0.11A | 192.4 ± 0.22B | 243.7 ± 0.06A | 224 ± 0.01B | 203.2 ± 0.24B | 261.1 ± 0.13A | 214.9 ± 0.12A | 241.3 ± 0.21A | ||
Upper epidermis (UET) | 12.94 ± 0.24B | 16.12 ± 0.11A | 18.2 ± 0.01A | 17.57 ± 0.00A | 23.04 ± 0.00A | 16.62 ± 0.00B | 9.6 ± 0.00C | 14.72 ± 0.00B | ||
Lower epidermis (LET) | 9.99 ± 0.20B | 13.19 ± 0.05A | 9.6 ± 0.01B | 14.31 ± 0.00A | 14.94 ± 0.00A | 14.51 ± 0.00A | 7.68 ± 0.14B | 12.43 ± 0.00A | ||
Mid-vein bundle | Length (L.MVB) | 226.3 ± 0.01A | 217.7 ± 0.20A | 177.2 ± 0.11B | 189.5 ± 0.01B | 192.15 ± 0.13B | 150.2 ± 0.24B | 212.2 ± 0.21A | 216.9 ± 0.16A | |
Width (W.MVB) | 298.5 ± 0.3B | 331.8 ± 0.2A | 312.3 ± 0.13A | 375.7 ± 0.02A | 288.9 ± 0.27B | 281.8 ± 0.24B | 369.4 ± 0.22A | 352 ± 0.20A | ||
